RED CHINA: Peking Duck

Britain extends diplomatic recognition to
other nationsas Sir Winston Churchill said, in justifying hasty
recognition of the Chinese Communist regime eight years ago"not to
confer a compliment but to secure a convenience." But recognition saved
none of Britain's $840 million of investments in China; and instead of
an exchange of ambassadors, Britain has had to be content with a chargé
d'affaires who got a humiliating run-around in the waiting rooms of
Peking bureaucracy.

To the many Britons eager to try again in the phantom hope of restoring
a big Chinese trade, British...